{"id":241125,"date":"2025-05-06T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/german-politics-scholz-bids-farewell-as-questions-remain-over-new-chancellor-merz-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T03:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:00:19","slug":"german-politics-scholz-bids-farewell-as-questions-remain-over-new-chancellor-merz-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/german-politics-scholz-bids-farewell-as-questions-remain-over-new-chancellor-merz-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"German politics: Scholz bids farewell as questions remain over new chancellor Merz | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-VyUQnJHGTc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"German politics: Scholz bids farewell as questions remain over new chancellor Merz | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-VyUQnJHGTc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Olaf Scholz&#8217;s time in the German chancellory is coming to an end. 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